Dell and Kioxia launch 10 PB all-flash server for AI infrastructure
The joint solution utilises 40 Kioxia LC9 QLC SSDs and AMD EPYC 9005 processors to target data lakes and backup operations with improved power efficiency.
Dell and Kioxia have announced the launch of the PowerEdge R7725xd, a high-density all-flash storage server designed to address the scaling demands of artificial intelligence infrastructure. The system utilises 40 of Kioxia’s LC9 high-capacity QLC NVMe SSDs, each offering 245.76 TB of storage, to achieve a total raw capacity of approximately 9.8 PB, which is marketed as 10 PB.
The 2 RU server is powered by AMD EPYC 9005 processors and supports up to five 400 Gbps network interface cards to facilitate high-throughput data transfer. Dell executives stated that the solution aims to improve power efficiency and reduce total cost of ownership for data lakes and backup operations.
Arun Narayanan, senior vice-president of compute and networking at Dell, said the combination of the PowerEdge R7725xd and Kioxia’s enterprise SSDs delivers the storage density and power efficiency required to scale AI infrastructure without sacrificing performance. The company noted that a full rack fitted with twenty of these servers could theoretically hold 196 PB of storage.
Neville Ichhaporia, senior vice-president and general manager of the SSD business unit at Kioxia America, said customers could deploy massive ingestion streams, scale data lakes effortlessly, and handle large backups in a fraction of the footprint. He added that the configuration improves total cost of ownership to new levels.
The announcement comes as other storage developers, including Micron, Sandisk, SK Hynix, and its Solidigm subsidiary, introduce 256 TB-class SSDs. Scality has also indicated it is working on supporting a future nearline-class SSD from Samsung, viewed as a potential hard disk drive alternative, with a roadmap extending to a 1 PB drive.
